Zekhut Imahot: Mothers, Fathers, and Ancestral Merit in Rabbinic Sources
Rabbinic sources develop the theological concept of ancestral merit, the idea that the merits of parents, especially fore-parents, continue to offer their descendants favor in the eyes of God. The term zekhut avot is often translated as “merit of the fathers.” In this article, I ask: to whom does “a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Année: 2018, Volume: 49, Numéro: 2, Pages: 263-296 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Littérature rabbinique
B Ancêtres B Famille B ancestral merit mothers fathers matriarchs patriarchs rabbis Talmud midrash Rachel Mary B Mère B Père |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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